The Collected Works of William Morris With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris |
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 | CHAPTER LII. HOW GRETTIR WAS TAKEN BY
THE ICEFIRTH CARLES.
The Collected Works of William Morris |  |
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[“Ill luck to me]
[Grettir.]
“Ill luck to me
That I should be
On sea-roof-firth
Borne unto earth;
Ill luck enow
To lie alow,
This head of mine
Griped fast by swine.”
That I should be
On sea-roof-firth
Borne unto earth;
Ill luck enow
To lie alow,
This head of mine
Griped fast by swine.”
“What were they minded to do to thee,” said Vermund, “when they took thee there?” Quoth Grettir:
“There many men
Bade give me then
E'en Sigar's meed
For lovesome deed;
Till found me there
That willow fair,
Whose leaves are praise,
Her stems good days.”
Bade give me then
E'en Sigar's meed
For lovesome deed;
Till found me there
That willow fair,
Whose leaves are praise,
Her stems good days.”
Vermund asked, “Would they have hanged thee then, if they alone had had to meddle with matters?” Said Grettir:
“Yea, to the snare
That dangled there
My head must I
Soon bring anigh;
But Thorbiorg came
The brightest dame,
And from that need
The singer freed.”
That dangled there
My head must I
Soon bring anigh;
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The brightest dame,
And from that need
The singer freed.”
Then said Vermund, “Did she bid thee to her?” Grettir answered:
“Sif's lord's good aid,
My saviour, bade
To take my way
With her that day;
So did it fall;
And therewithal
A horse she gave;
Good peace I have.”
My saviour, bade
To take my way
With her that day;
So did it fall;
And therewithal
A horse she gave;
Good peace I have.”
| CHAPTER LII. HOW GRETTIR WAS TAKEN BY
THE ICEFIRTH CARLES.
The Collected Works of William Morris | |